Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Venice

Known as the marble church, Santa Maria dei Miracoli sits by an attractive canal. Because of this early Renaissance church's beauty, weddings are often held here, with couples arriving by gondola on the canal. The interior is decorated with white, pink, and gray designs, all in marble. When you want to rest, head to the outside benches, or to the nearby secondhand bookstore. Add Santa Maria dei Miracoli and other attractions to your Venice trip itinerary using our Venice online visit planner .

Such a lovely church..... from the outside the colours of the pastel marbles are beautiful and always seem to be catching the light ...as the dome seems to get the last rays of sunlight. Inside doesn’...
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Built at the end of ' 400, it has come up to us virtually intact without overlapping of styles, designed and built by one artist. As a whole it is one of the best achievements of the Venetian Renaissance. The façade is characterised by the geometricism of the spaces and by a marble chromatic decoration; Original semicircular forehead with rose window. The interior, with a single nave, is of refined elegance for the marble decoration and for the spectacular vault with gilded coffers with painted panels of prophets and patriarchs. Very beautiful The canvases adorning the choir above the entrance and that of the Madonna and child of Palma the Younger. It's small, secluded, out of the tourist circuits, you have to go looking for it, but it's worth it because it's really a hidden little treasure.